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[...]... An Approach to Writing, 6 2 Freewriting, 13 3 Sharing, 20 4 The Direct Writing Process for Getting Words on Paper, 26 5 Quick Revising, 32 6 The Dangerous Method: Trying To Write It Right the First Time, 39 II MORE WAYS OF GETTING WORDS ON PAPER, 47 Introduction, 47 7 The Open-ended Writing Process, 50 8 The Loop Writing Process, 59 9 Metaphors for Priming the Pump, 78 10 Working on Writing While Not... entitled "Getting Power over the Writing Process" since they focus on the actual steps used in writing something These two practical, step-by-step sections constitute what is probably the core of the book Section IV, "Audience," could be called "Getting Power over Others," yet one of the main themes is the power others have over us as we try to write to them I suggest ways to use the power of an audience... someone who has wrestled with words, who seeks power in words, who has often gotten discouraged, but who also senses the possibility of achieving real writing power I've learned how to take more control over my writing while still giving it free rein I've learned the value of not expecting a twelve year old child to come out when you're giving birth to a baby; that any writing needs time after its... can with it JOANNE PILGRIM This is part of a self-evaluation written by a student at the end of a course I recently taught It says what I hope readers will be able to 6 An Approach to Writing 7 say after reading and working with this book It reflects my interest in the writing -process That is, I think I can best help you improve your writing by talking not only about the words you should end up with. .. too much during the early stages about what they want to end up with, that preoccupation with the final product keeps them from attaining it Three themes run through this book 1 A view of the writing process Writing calls on two skills that are so different that they usually conflict with each other: creating and criticizing In other words, writing calls on the ability to create words and ideas out of... skill with words That is, osveryone can, under certain conditions, speak with clarity and power These conditions usually involve a topic of personal importance and an urgent occasion But the fact that everyone can sometimes rise to an urgent occasion shows that the capacity for spoken eloquence is there Most readers of this book have probably had at some time the experience of writing with great power. .. Relationships to an Audience, 199 20 Writing for Teachers, 216 V FEEDBACK, 237 Introduction, 237 21 Criterion-Based Feedback and Reader-Based Feedback, 240 22 A Catalogue of Criterion-Based Questions, 252 23 A Catalogue of Reader-Based Questions, 255 24 Options for Getting Feedback, 264 VI POWER IN WRITING, 279 Introduction, 279 25 Writing and Voice, 281 26 27 28 29 How To Get Power through Voice, 304 Breathing... particular audiences or writing situations and suggest ways to overcome these difficulties Section V, "Feedback," could be called "Getting Power through the Help of Others" because I show you how to figure out what kind of feedback you need for your particular writing situation and then how to get readers actually to give it to you Section VI, finally, is about a mystery, power in writing: not correctness... and mean Click This is easiest for rne in writing, but I can do it xviii Introduction Obviously it is important to make room for felt sense in the writing process The germ event in writing perhaps in thinking itself—is being able to make the move between a piece of nonverbal felt meaning and a piece of language And so we see why freewriting is so important Freewriting is the act of respecting and putting... inside for what you are getting at." (2) Quality and bad writing Let me explore another example of my mysterious or romantic approach to writing My invitation to bad writing If I say, "Freewrite without struggle," I am inviting carelessness If I say, "Don't worry about quality," I am inviting garbage Nowadays it seems as though everyone is obsessed with standards and assessment, so my approach seems more .